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Compx International Inc. (CIX)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Compx International Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Compx International Inc.

CompX International Inc manufactures and supplies security products and marine components. The company serves customers primarily in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Its products are used in various applications including security and marine industries.

Snapshot

Revenue
$158.3M
Revenue growth (YoY)
8.5%
Net income
$19.5M
Diluted EPS
$1.58
Gross margin
30.4%
Operating margin
14.3%
Net margin
12.3%
FCF margin
12.1%
ROE
14.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
21.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$453.9M
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Compx International

  • Revenue grew 8.5% to $158M in FY2025, after a 9.5% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 14.3% in FY2025, -0.3 pp against 14.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $44M, up 8.0% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $19M in FY2025, 12.1% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 17.4% to $19M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Compx International’s fundamentals sit among the 669 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin30.4%
55th percentile of 456
Operating margin14.3%
75th percentile of 599
Net margin12.3%
81st percentile of 631
FCF margin12.1%
75th percentile of 547
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.5%
62nd percentile of 653
ROE14.1%
71st percentile of 591
P/E21.4×
45th percentile of 406
Short interest2.11d
30th percentile of 662

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 8 insider sales totaling $44,394. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 quant / multi-strat book among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+1 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
0
0 new, 0 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$2.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$2.5M100.7KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
8
$44K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Ann ManixDirectorSell795$29.73$24K
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Ann ManixDirectorSell330$29.42$10K
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Ann ManixDirectorSell200$29.44$6K
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Ann ManixDirectorSell100$29.53$3K
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Ann ManixDirectorSell33$29.56$975
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Ann ManixDirectorSell20$29.41$588
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Ann ManixDirectorSell20$29.41$588
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Ann ManixDirectorSell2$29.74$59

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
118.2K
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+139.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.11
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
56.0K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-30118.2K+139.1%2.11
2026-09-1549.5K+12.2%2.43
2026-08-3144.1K+16.4%6.07
2026-08-1437.8K+5.9%3.96
2026-07-3135.7K+0.6%6.72
2026-07-1535.5K+5.7%6.56
2026-06-3033.6K+18.5%3.52
2026-06-1528.3K-14.6%5.41

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$158.3M$145.9M$161.3M$166.6M$140.8M
Gross profit
Operating income$22.6M$17.0M$25.4M$25.4M$20.5M
Net income$19.5M$16.6M$22.6M$20.9M$16.6M
Diluted EPS$1.58$1.35$1.84$1.69$1.34

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$54.1M$60.8M$41.4M$26.7M$76.6M
Current assets$100.1M$105.3M$126.6M$111.2M$120.2M
Total assets$156.2M$163.0M$187.6M$177.4M$192.5M
Current liabilities$17.0M$15.8M$17.2M$16.7M$16.4M
Long-term debt—————
Total liabilities
Total equity$138.6M$146.1M$168.8M$158.4M$173.1M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$22.9M$22.9M$25.8M$16.9M$10.5M
Capital expenditure$3.7M$1.4M$1.1M$3.7M$4.1M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$43.6M8.0%$7.3M$0.59
Q1 FY2026$40.6M0.7%$5.9M$0.48
Q4 FY2025-1.9%
Q3 FY2025$40.0M18.7%$4.2M$0.34
Q2 FY2025$40.4M12.5%$5.5M$0.44
Q1 FY2025$40.3M6.1%$5.1M$0.42
Q4 FY2024-11.0%
Q3 FY2024$33.7M-16.6%$3.5M$0.28

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorIndustrials
SIC industryCutlery, Handtools & General Hardware
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing1997
SEC CIK1049606

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-04
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10-K2025-03-05
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10-Q2026-08-04
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10-Q2026-05-05
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10-Q2025-11-05
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10-Q2025-08-05
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-06-22
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.